Saturday, July 10, 2004

Imagination

Today I took this going down the river, the water was so crystal clear. Cool crystal clear spring wter, eel grass, little and not so little fish swim beneath you as you see them clearly. Tiny minnows gently nipping you as you let your feet dangle into the water. A family of red-eared sliders (turtles) sunning themself on a moss draped cypress log. Distant sound of nature, peaceful as it was in the beginning. My thoughts fade back to my teenage years going down this same river and what it meant for me then, and what it means for me today. The river is still as beautiful as it was then. I remember imagining going under water and swimming through a cave and coming up on another side with a whole new world on the other side. On the othe side people lived as peaceful as the foilage. Ferns amond lillies, trees among bushes. I dove in a couple of caves today looking for the cave that would bring me to the peaceful other side.

1 comment:

barbpinion
said...

Another beautiful picture. I always wanted to search through underwater caves too. *Sorry your IM got cut off. Please know I don't mind your mother having my screen name. Would love it if she'd write me. I will write her back. Does she have a journal? Bless you. Love this journal. **Barb**